While most Seattle Seahawks fans focus on winning expectations on the field, their screaming enthusiasm snagged them a first place win Sunday even before the scores were totaled: they entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the loudest fans in the world.

Comedian Bill Burr, who’s a Patriots fan, made fun of Seattle's 12th Man (a concept of the fans as a member of the team, a term trademarked by Texas A&M) putting out a podcast that said the fans are just average, but the architect who designed the stadium to be a “symphony hall” to enhance loud cheers is the one who should be congratulated, CBS Sports reported.

Not to put a damper on the Seahawks’ successful win on field and off, but loud stadiums actually aren’t a good idea for winning. Or for ears.

NBC News reported that there’s no scientific evidence to back up the “loud fans help teams win” theory. And the ears of everyone present take a hit. A medical professor and director of audiology at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center said such noise levels, even for 10 minutes at a time, accumulates over a lifetime and can damage hearing.